in Early Music Today (Sep, 2015)
Although Etcetera are coy on the subject, this is not a new recording. So far as I can determine, it was in fact first issued on Eufoda in 2000. Those who (rightly) care about identification may also like to know that this St John Passion from 1745 carries the catalogue number TWV 5:30 – again, information not given with the CDs. Telemann’s only published Passion belongs to a category that combines freely written with biblical text. The arias, the music of many of which would not have been out of place down the road at Hamburg’s Gansemarkt opera house, largely belong to the new ‘expressive’ style.
All four soloists are excellent, …








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